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Volatility (software)

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Volatility is an open source memory forensics framework for incident response and malware analysis. It is written in Python and supports both Microsoft Windows and Linux.

Volatility was created by computer scientist and entrepeneur AAron Walters, drawing on academic research he did in memory forensics.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Petroni, N. L., Walters, A., Fraser, T., & Arbaugh, W. A. (2006). FATKit: A framework for the extraction and analysis of digital forensic data from volatile system memory. Digital Investigation, 3(4), 197-210.
  2. ^ Walters, A., & Petroni, N. L. (2007). Volatools: Integrating Volatile Memory into the Digital Investigation Process. Black Hat Briefings DC 2007, 1-18.